when life gives you lemons…

How to survive exam week

Well well… Exam week is “finally” here and it’s also time for my first ever exams at university. You can probably imagine my excitement, that comes in good and bad ways. And although it’s only the start of my university-exam-career, I had time to understand how the week of hell works. So, here are some tips from me to you on how to survive exams:

Start soon enough, don’t wait until it’s too late and you get the stress of your life, and yeah, I know, noone likes to study

Eat and drink enough (it’s just exams and no reason to stop caring about yourself)

Grades don’t matter that much (I know, because I had all straight As at my A-levels and noone cares until today)

Don’t stop doing what you love because of exams, that will just make you sad

Sleep is precious and you need it, don’t cut down on it

Your brain is your new best friend

Listening to music can help you to calm down (at least it does that for me)

Even if it’s stressful, you need to chill and rest a little

Procrastinating is bad for you, even if the fly on the wall is much more interesting than the book in front of you

Your social life is still important, don’t isolate yourself completely

Take breaks there and then

Just breath

You can do anything you want

You are strong enough

JUST DO IT

I hope this helps some of you surviving the week of hell. I know you can do it, just believe in yourself. Exams are just small hurdles on the exciting way called life. And we will all overcome them. So, good luck with your exams and thanks for reading. x